On Average, How Often Do Impacts Large Enough to Produce

question 56

Multiple Choice

On average, how often do impacts large enough to produce mass extinction on the Earth occur?

• A) once every century
• B) once every thousand years
• C) once every million years
• D) once every hundred million years
• E) once in Earth's history

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